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  • Country ranking ?

    921
  • Producer ranking ?

    17
  • Decanting time

    2h
  • When to drink

    Now

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Clos de la Roche, the Ponsot domaine’s largest holding, is one of the four fine tete du cuvée vineyards in the little town of Morey-St Denis. It produces one of the great wines of Burgundy - deeply colored, spicy, rich and often quite firm. This vineyard, running north from Morey-St Denis and sharing its border with Latriciéres-Chambertin at the southern end of the great Chambertin vineyards, is justifiably noted for wines that age well.

 

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We started with the 1969 Ponsot Clos de la Roche Vieilles Vignes. At first sniff, the wine was gorgeous, possessing tangy fruit, mushroom, autumn and a sweet core of black raspberry. Mint and back woods added complexity. The Historian noted, ‘a sweet hint in the back of my throat,’ meaning its sweetness was subtle yet there. Cinnamon quickly emerged in this complex wine. At first sip, there was rich fruit, a touch of cedar and a sturdy finish. While it flirted with that dry, rusty side of ’69, it actually had fruit holding it together. Gil noted, ‘bouillon,’ later adding ‘one flew over the cuckoo’s nest,’ an appropriate descriptor indeed, not only for the wine’s nest-like personality, but also for the fact that the wine changed rapidly in the glass and started to dry out. It got rustier with time, and while my first inclination was to give it 94 points, it changed too quickly and not for the better, so I settled on (92).

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Origin

Beaune, Burgundy

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